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Dr. Beata Klimkieiwicz is Assistant Professor at the
Institute of Journalism and Social Communication. She received her
Ph.D. from the Institute of Political Sciences, Jagiellonian
University. Beata Klimkiewicz has published two books and 30 book
chapters and articles in academic journals. Her previous professional
experience includes journalist’s positions in TV and a monthly
magazine; and Deputy Director of the Institute of Journalism
and Social Communication. She was awarded by several prestigious
fellowships including Soros/Chevening Scholarship at Oxford University,
Pew Fellowship at Columbia University and Jean Monnet Fellowship at the
European University Institute in Florence. Since 2000, she has been a
member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion and
Belief for OSCE. She has co-operated with Open Society Institute in
Budapest, Peace Institute in Ljubljana and provided expertise for the
European Parliament, Council of Europe and King Baudouin Foundation.
Since 2006, she has been a member of the Steering Committee of COST
Action A30 East of West: Setting a New Central and Eastern European
Media Research Agenda. Currently, Beata Klimkiewicz acts as an expert
for the Independent Study on Indicators for Media Pluralism:
Towards a Risk based approach commissioned by the European Commission
and chairs the work of the Polish research team for the Pilot Media
Project: Experts and research groups for the analysis of media content
study by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Her recent
research interests include media pluralism and diversity, media policy
in Europe, media reform in Central Europe, media representations of
minorities and minority media.